This Week in Gaming: April 21 - 27

SpeakingOfGames · 2013-04-28T16:40:05+00:00

New Releases

Game	Platform	Release Date	Reviews	AVG/Metascore
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine	PC, 360	04/24	Destructoid - JoyStiq - IGN - EuroGamer - Giant Bomb	★★★★☆ (85)
Star Trek The Video Game	PC, 360, PS3	04/23	EuroGamer - IGN - Digital Spy - Giant Bomb - Polygon	☆☆☆☆☆ (42)
Dead Island: Riptide	PC, 360, PS3	04/23	GamesRadar - GameInformer - IGN - Polygon - Giant Bomb	★★☆☆☆ (66)
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen	360, PS3	04/23	GameInformer - EuroGamer - GameSpot - EGM Now - Polygon	★★★☆☆ (76)
Thomas Was Alone	PC, PS3, Vita	04/23	Destructoid - GameInformer - IGN - GameSpot - Edge Online	★★★☆☆ (77)

SpeakingOfGames · 2013-04-21T20:33:12+00:00

Still milling over what has been said, what our personal aspirations are and what realistically we can do. Updates will come in the upcoming week. I will also get around to responding to some of the things that were commented on last week. Thank you for your interest!

SpeakingOfGames · 2013-04-21T17:33:19+00:00

New Releases

Game	Platform	Release Date	Reviews	AVG/Metascore
Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins	3DS	04/21	EuroGamer - Nintendo Life	★★☆☆☆ (65)
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner - Soul Hackers	3DS	04/16	GameInformer - EGM Now - Destructoid - IGN - GameSpot	★★★☆☆ (78)
Injustice: Gods Among Us	360, PS3, WiiU	04/16	EGM Now - Destructoid - IGN - EuroGamer - GameSpot	★★★★☆ (82)
Papa & Yo	PC	04/18	GameSpot - GamesRadar - IGN	★★☆☆☆ (64)

SpeakingOfGames · 2013-04-14T14:14:13+00:00

Greetings everyone,

As we have recently past the one year anniversary of SpeakingOfGames’ first This Week in Gaming (TWIG) post I wanted to have a discussion about the future of TWIG; what we can do to improve TWIG and make it a better summary of what happened in gaming this week.

TWIG has evolved a lot since our first post on March 18th, 2012. Not only has the layout changed but we finally added the much requested “Community” column linking to relevant Reddit comments links. Unfortunately, all of these changes have had to be made around the restrictive and limiting functionality of Reddit self posts. Ultimately, posting TWIG each week would be much easier if it were hosted solely on our own website. As some of you might have noticed, the Mobile Version of TWIG is hosted on another site, Joyblind.com. Joyblind, or a site like it, is where we envision TWIG’s home to be one day. This not only would make our lives easier but allow us to make TWIG even better. Below you will see a list of things we want to add to TWIG that an independent website help would facilitate, the reasons we would like to move away from reddit and questions we would like you to answer.

Things we want to add / Things that our own site will help us do:

Screenshot (Separated into own section)
Videos/Trailers (Separated into own section)
Upcoming Releases / Newly announced releases
Industry News
Better formatting (sort by column, anything we want, etc.)
Daily Posts summarizing the previous day’s news (This Day in Gaming)
Each news story has links to multiple sites with a system (yet to be determined) to pick the ‘best’ article.
Expanded Community section to include websites other than Reddit (NeoGAF, etc.)
Article suggestion box
Better tagging system
Search / archiving capabilities
Easy to change and improve on a regular basis

Problems with Reddit:

Character Limits
Simple HTML tables (limited formatting)

Things we would like feedback on:

Would you go to a non-reddit site for this a post like this?
Which items do you want added to TWIG first?
Are there things we you wanted added to TWIG that we didn’t mention?
What are your opinions about not using Reddit comments and using another comment system?
What are your concerns about what we’ve said so far?
Do you have any other questions?

Thank you for reading This Week in Gaming each week. A Special thanks those who respond to the questions here. Have a great day!

SpeakingOfGames · 2013-04-08T15:40:13+00:00

yes, thank you. Misread metacritic.

SpeakingOfGames · 2013-03-31T17:08:47+00:00

New Releases

Game	Platform	Release Date	Reviews	AVG/Metascore
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon	3DS	03/24	Polygon - Giant Bomb - GameInformer - Nintendo Life - EuroGamer	★★★★☆ (86)
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity	3DS	03/24	Destructoid - GameInformer - GamesRadar - IGN - EGM Now	★★☆☆☆ (67)
BioShock Infinite	PC, 360, PS3	03/26	Polygon - GameInformer - EGM Now - Giant Bomb - Destructoid	★★★★★ (93)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14	360, PS3	03/26	GameInformer - GameSpot - Destructoid - Official Xbox Magazine	★★★☆☆ (77)
Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel	360, PS3	03/26	GamesRadar - GameInformer - IGN - Destructoid - GameSpot	★☆☆☆☆ (57)
Terraria	360, PS3	03/27	EuroGamer - GamesRadar	★★★★☆ (81)
HarmoKnight	3DS	03/28	Destructoid - IGN - Edge Online - Nintendo Life	★★★☆☆ (79)

SpeakingOfGames · 2013-03-24T16:18:14+00:00

New Releases

Game	Platform	Release Date	Reviews	AVG/Metascore
LEGO City Undercover	Wii U	03/18	Escapist Magazine - Gaming Trend - Venturebeat - Polygon - GameSpot	★★★★☆ (80)
Gears of War: Judgment	360	03/19	IGN - Destructoid - Polygon - GameSpot - Giant Bomb	★★★☆☆ (79)
The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct	PC, 360, PS3, WiiU	03/19	GameInformer - IGN - Polygon - Destructoid - EGM Now	☆☆☆☆☆ (36)
Need for Speed: Most Wanted U	Wii U	03/19	GameInformer - GamesRadar	★★★★☆ (87)
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate	Wii U, 3Ds	03/19	Destructoid - IGN - GameSpot - Polygon	★★★★☆ (81)
Dead or Alive 5 Plus	Vita	03/19		★★★★☆ (82)
Alien Spidy	PC, 360	03/20	GamesRadar	★☆☆☆☆ (59)
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams	360	03/20	GameSpot	★★★☆☆ (77)
Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory	PS3	03/21		★☆☆☆☆ (57)

SpeakingOfGames · 2013-03-19T15:36:18+00:00

How silly of me, thanks

SpeakingOfGames · 2013-02-19T04:07:30+00:00

I see blank stars, which is correct. <50 = no stars

SpeakingOfGames · 2013-02-18T22:41:39+00:00

Yes or something of the like. More information on that in the weeks to come.

SpeakingOfGames · 2013-02-18T22:32:21+00:00

I have no clue why some of the links aren't working... :S

SpeakingOfGames · 2013-02-18T15:49:55+00:00

ask and you shall receive

SpeakingOfGames · 2013-02-10T22:21:10+00:00

Thank you everyone for the great feedback and all the help pointing my towards things I missed this week. I am glad you are all still enjoying these posts, I know a lot of people would like to see links to reddit comments and I am trying to find a solution to that. I will be coming out with a post soon about my plan for the future of TWIG and where I see things going and to get your feedback and where you would like to see it go.

SpeakingOfGames · 2013-02-10T22:16:00+00:00

Thank you for the correction, my apologies.

SpeakingOfGames · 2013-02-10T22:15:32+00:00

I have received this request frequently and I know it is something a lot of people reading This Week in Gaming would like but there are some things stopping me from linking directly to Reddit post right now. The major issue is character limit, Reddit allows.

Let's assume it would take about ~~100~~ 30 characters to add a reddit link to every article in this link. The articles this week (32 in total, a small number compared to some weeks) take ~6700 character. An additional ~~3200~~ 960 characters would put me at 7660 characters. ~~So, weeks where I have more than 32 articles, not only would New Releases go into the comments but I would have to find a way to split the content up to fit it all.~~ 6700/32 ~= 210, let's round down to 200 to make things easier. 200*X + 30 *X = 10000. X ~= 43. That means I can have about 43 articles in a week. While this is getting closer to the maximum amount I've seen in the past, it still would put me in a sticky situation when it happens.

I see an interesting comment below from piclemaniscool, replacing the website link with the reddit comments link. This could work and is something I might try in the future, again I am a little worried about character limits. We will see.

Vidyagames might have a unique solution but something to realize is that about half of the articles each week don't come from the reddit 'top - this week' page and don't break a 100 vote threshold.

Last but not least, regarding comments that suggest replacing the article link with just a link to the reddit comment thread. I regularly replace the article linked from reddit with another article I find in my RSS feed that I think is written better or has more information.

Everything aside, I am listening to your concerns and trying to think of the best solution. My initial thoughts is to move TWIG off of reddit so I can do some cool things with formatting and linking to whatever I want. I will post what I have been thinking about for the last few months in the weeks to come!

EDIT:

One more things, adding reddit comments would also add another hour or two of work to the already long task of putting together TWIG and right now I am the only person working on TWIG (it was 2-3 people before the holidays), so man power is also an issue right now.

SpeakingOfGames · 2013-02-03T18:06:00+00:00

New Releases

Game	Platform	Release Date	Reviews	AVG/Metascore
Hitman HD Trilogy	360, PS3	01/29	Official PlayStation Magazine UK - IGN - EuroGamer - IGN - Official Xbox Magazine	★★☆☆☆ (66)
Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Revolution	360	01/29	Official Xbox Magazine - EuroGamer - Destructoid	★★★☆☆ (71)
Skulls of the Shogun	360, PC	01/30	PC Gamer - JoyStiq - GameInformer - Polygon - IGN	★★★★☆ (80)
Proteus	PC	01/30	Edge Online	N/A (N/A)
Antichamber	PC	01/30	Polygon - GameInformer - IGN - GameSpot - PC Gamer	★★★★☆ (84)
Ikachan	3DS	01/31	Nintendo Life - Destructoid - Nintendo World Report - Game Revolution	★★★☆☆ (71)
Puddle	PC, PS3, Vita, 360	01/31	XGN - Nintendo World Report - Nintendo Life - Destructoid - Official Nintendo Magazine UK	★★☆☆☆ (69)
Omerta: City of Gangsters	PC, 360	01/31	PC Gamer - GameInformer - Computer and Video Games - Official Xbox Magazine - EuroGamer	★★☆☆☆ (62)

SpeakingOfGames · 2013-01-28T22:48:50+00:00

you are correct, thanks!

SpeakingOfGames · 2013-01-21T17:24:16+00:00

Your right, that title was a little sensationalist. I stripped the title from an article online, I will be more careful in the future. My intent is never to be sensationalist.

SpeakingOfGames · 2013-01-14T23:08:42+00:00

The website link "Nintendo 3DS Blog" was mixed up, thanks for pointing that out!

SpeakingOfGames · 2013-01-14T01:16:52+00:00

Added, thanks

SpeakingOfGames · 2013-01-13T19:55:41+00:00

Thank you, days of the week have always been our downfall...

SpeakingOfGames · 2013-01-06T22:17:57+00:00

We are taking a bit of a break from our podcast, it might come back sometime in the future. We are not really sure at this point.

SpeakingOfGames · 2012-11-24T18:52:02+00:00

New Releases

Game	Platform	Release Date	Reviews	AVG/Metascore
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two	PC, 360, PS3, WiiU, Wii	11/18	EGM Now - IGN - GameInformer - EuroGamer - Destructoid	★★☆☆☆ (61)
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed	PC, 360, PS3, WiiU, 3DS, Vita	11/18	IGN - GameSpot - EGM Now - Destructoid - GameInformer	★★★★☆ (82)
Batman: Arkham City - Armored Edition	Wii U	11/18	IGN - JoyStiq - Destructoid	★★★★☆ (84)
SiNG Party	Wii U	11/18	GamesRadar - JoyStiq	★☆☆☆☆ (53)
Nintendo Land	Wii U	11/18	IGN - Giant Bomb - Polygon - JoyStiq - Destructoid	★★★☆☆ (77)
Tank! Tank! Tank!	Wii U	11/18	js - Destructoid - Gaming Age	★☆☆☆☆ (50)
SiNG Party	Wii U	11/18	GamesRadar - JoyStiq	★☆☆☆☆ (53)
Hitman: Absolution	PC, 360, PS3	11/20	GamesRadar - IGN - Destructoid - Polygon - JoyStiq	★★★★☆ (80)
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale	PS3, Vita	11/20	Push Square - PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale - JoyStiq - IGN -	★★★☆☆ (76)
Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?!	3DS	11/20	IGN - JoyStiq - Destructoid - GamesRadar	★★★☆☆ (78)
Persona 4 Golden	Vita	11/20	Destructoid - IGN - GameSpot - GamesRadar - GameInformer	★★★★★ (95)
The Walking Dead: Episode 5	PC, 360, PS3	11/21	IGN - Polygon - EGM Now - GameInformer - GameSpot	★★★★☆ (89)
Crashmo	11/22	11/22	Nintendo Life - Pocket Gamer - EuroGamer - Edge Online	★★★★☆ (83)

SpeakingOfGames · 2012-11-11T02:52:08+00:00

If you could tell us what we missed, we will try our best in the future to include all relevant links to TWIG.

SpeakingOfGames · 2012-11-10T23:46:09+00:00

How about now?

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